# Tracking our online trackers

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2012
- Speaker: Gary Kovacs
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/gary_kovacs_tracking_our_online_trackers)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to know what data is being collected about you. He unveils a Firefox add-on, Collusion, to do just that. (Update: Collusion is now called Lightbeam.)

## Lectures

1. [Tracking our online trackers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/gary_kovacs_tracking_our_online_trackers/4e84e71f8de7), 7 min (TED's player)